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Screening | Dance on Film: A Ballerina’s Tale / Jeremy McQueen’s The Black Iris Project

Wednesday, June 29, 2016, 7:00 pm

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A Ballerina’s Tale - Iconic ballerina Misty Copeland made history when she became the first African-American woman to be named principal dancer of the legendary American Ballet Theater. Get the incredible, behind-the-scenes story of how she overcame a tumultuous upbringing and near career-ending injuries to become one of the most revered dancers of her generation in A Ballerina’s Tale.

Jeremy McQueen’s The Black Iris Project - Black artistry has changed lives and has demonstrated its potential to spark social change through its cultural pervasiveness exhibited from the Harlem Renaissance to modern day hip hop. Founded in 2016 by award-winning emerging choreographer, Jeremy McQueen, The Black Iris Project highlights the accomplishments of Black professional ballet dancers, jazz and classical composers, and other creative artists through educational outreach efforts and the public presentation of new works inspired by Black heritage. With recent incidents of violence and police brutality against the Black community documented in the media, it is increasingly important for the Black community to continually be inspired and reminded of its unique spirit and strength. The Black Iris Project has been established to harness the Black community’s inherent creative spirit to encourage and inspire youth of color to pursue art, movement and music as an expressive outlet and a means for collective healing.

Jeremy McQueen and company will perform the entire Black Iris ballet. Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Black Iris III” painting and set to Felix Mendelssohn’s “Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66.” This work was originally commissioned by the Joffrey Academy of Dance, and premiered on March 10, 2013 in Chicago.

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